Xrrv AA Peruvian Trams and Railways: An Illustrated History
TREVOR H. STEPHENSON
MINERVA PRESS MONTREUX LONDON WASHINGTON Contents
LIST OF FIGURES xi
PREFACE xvii
INTRODUCTION xix
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xxi
CHAPTER ONE TRAMWAY SYSTEMS 23 Peruvian Tramways 23 Lima Railways and Tramways 23 La Herradura Electric Tramway 36 The Arequipa Tramways 38 Cuzco Tramways 41 Catacaos Tramways 41 Chiclayo Tramways 43 Huacho Tramways 44 Iquitos Steam Tramway 44 Paita Tramways 46 Pisco Tramways 47 Piura Tramways 48 Catacaos Railways 48 Trujillo Tramways 50
CHAPTER TWO STATE RAILWAYS 51 Lima-Callao Railway [13.7 kms] 51 Arica-Tacna Railway [62 kms] 58 Ilo-Moquegua Railway [101 kms] 62 Huancayo-Ayacucho Railway 64 Tumbes-Puerto Pizarro Railway [11 kms] 69 Lima-Lurin Railway [45 kms] 69 Tablones-Huallanca Railway 72 Cuzco-Santa Ana Railway[160 kms] 72 Cuzco-Urubamba Railway 74 Tambo del Sol-Pucallpa Railway 75 Matarani-La Joya Railway 76 Cuzco-Quillabamba Railway 77
vn CHAPTER THREE THE PERUVIAN CORPORATION 80 History of the Corporation 80 The Central Railway of Peru 82 Pisco-Ica Railway [74 kms] 109 Mollendo-Arequipa Railway [172 kms] 112 Pacasmayo-Yonan Railway [146 kms] 119 Lima-Sayan Railway [226 kms] 124 Chimbote-Huaraz-Recuay Railway [57 kms] 129 Paita-Piura Railway [97 kms] 131 Trujillo Railway 135 Salaverry-Trujillo-Ascope 135 Huanchaco-Tres Palos 135 Truj illo-Laredo-Menocucho 136 Chicama-Pampas 136 Moche-Delicias 136 Piura-Catacaos Railway [11 kms] 141 Vitor-Sotillo Railway [12 kms] 143 Ticlio-Morococha Line [14.65 kms] 143 Arequipa-Cuzco Railway 143
CHAPTER FOUR PRIVATE RAILWAY LINES 146 Lima-Chorrillos Railway 146 Mineral de Pasco Railway 152 Iquique-La Noria Railway [50 kms] 153 Eten Railway 155 Chancay-Palpa Railway 157 Cerro Azul-Canete Railway [10 kms] 158 Playa Azul-Huacho Railway [10 kms] 158 Pimentel Railway : 158 Cerro Azul-San Vicente Railway [35 kms] 160 Pampa Blanca Railway 162 Empresa del Muelle y Ferrocarril de Chicama Ltda 164 Supe-San Nicolas Railway [6 kms] 164 Tambo de Mora-Chincha Alta Railway [11 kms] 164 Casapalca-El Carmen Railway 166 Bayovar-Reventazon Railway [48 kms] 166 Paramonga Railway 168 Supe-Barranca-Pativilca Railway 168 Cerro de Pasco-Gollarisquisca Railway [43 kms] 169 La Oroya-Cerro de Pasco Railway 171
vin Eten-Cayalti Railway [37 kms] 175 Pimentel-Pomalca-Pucala Railway [48 kms] 176 La Ensenada-Chucarapi Railway 176 Vanadium Corporation of America Railway 176 Cailloma Mining Co. Railway 176 Sociedad Agricola Nepena Railway 176 Cartavio Sugar Co. Railway 176 Talara Oil Fields Railway 177 The Lobitos Railway Company 178 Compagnie des Mines de Huaron Railway 179 Ferrocarril del Ingenio Railway 179 Ilo-Toquepala-Cuajone Railway [213 kms] 180
CHAPTER FIVE PROJECTED RAILWAYS 182 Lima-Pisco Railway 182 La Oroya-Pisco and La Oroya-San Ramon Railway 182 Pisco-Castrovirreyna Railway 182 Cerro Azul-Huancayo Railway 182 Lima-La Punta Railway 183 Sullana-Morropon Railway 183
CHAPTER SIX THE LIMA METRO 184 Lima Metro 184
CHAPTER SEVEN MISCELLANEOUS 187 Medallions issued 187 Year of Inauguration of Railways 188 Henry Meiggs 191
SOURCES AND REFERENCES 198
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